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Bathroom Renovation · Aurora, York Region

Bathroom renovations in Aurora.

Bathroom renovations in Aurora with the design approved before anything is torn out: walk-in showers, tub-to-shower conversions, custom vanities and heated tile floors. Sonce Homes is licensed and WSIB insured and holds a 5.0 rating from 50 Google reviews.

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Years in business
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5.0★

What’s included

What a bathroom
renovation includes.

A bathroom renovation in Aurora with Sonce runs from demolition to the shower glass: plumbing rough-in, a waterproof membrane behind the tile, an exhaust fan vented outside, a custom vanity with a stone counter, tile and heated floors, mirrors and lighting. The trades behind the walls are coordinated so the room is opened once and closed once.

  1. Showers and tubs

    Both a walk-in shower and a soaking tub, or just one, laid out for the space.

    • Walk-in showers
    • Soaking tubs
    • Shower glass
    • Waterproofing behind the tile

  2. Vanities and storage

    In a bathroom’s tight space, cabinets built to fit give everything a drawer.

    • Custom vanities and cabinets
    • Full-extension drawers
    • Stone counters
    • Mirrors and lighting

  3. Tile and heated floors

    The tile layout puts the cuts where the eye passes over them, on a floor that warms your feet.

    • Custom tile layouts
    • Heated tile floors
    • Wall and floor tile

  4. Plumbing, electrical and ventilation

    Behind the walls, the trades are lined up so the room gets opened once.

    • Fixture rough-in and installation
    • Lighting and fan wiring
    • An exhaust fan vented outside

Why Sonce

One contractor,
both sides of the door.

For most renovators the job ends at the back door; for most landscapers, that’s where it begins. We plan and build both.

  1. 15+ years in business

    In business for more than 15 years, Sonce Homes takes on work indoors and in the yard.

  2. Licensed and WSIB insured

    Sonce Homes is licensed and WSIB insured. Ask us about the credentials relevant to your project.

  3. Design before construction

    We work through the design with you, with drawings to help you picture the work, before you approve it for construction.

  4. A conversation throughout

    We discuss the work and your budget at the start, then keep you informed as the project moves through each stage.

In business for more than 15 years, Sonce Homes takes on work indoors and in the yard.

Sonce Homes is licensed and WSIB insured. Ask us about the credentials relevant to your project.

We work through the design with you, with drawings to help you picture the work, before you approve it for construction.

We discuss the work and your budget at the start, then keep you informed as the project moves through each stage.

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Selected Projects

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Choose a scene, then follow its numbered points to the materials beside it. Illustrative scenes to help you picture the possibilities.

Daylit bathroom with a navy double vanity, cream stone tile and a frameless walk-in shower.
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Stone tile, navy, brass

Stone, light and a walk-in shower

A navy double vanity beside a generous shower in warm stone tile.

A clear glass panel keeps the shower open to the room, and a niche for bottles is set into its tiled wall.

On the picture

  1. LightingBrass wall lights
  2. VanityNavy, two basins
  3. ShowerBrass rain head
Plan a project like this: Stone, light and a walk-in shower

Cream cabinetry, oak, stone

A kitchen made for gathering

Cream cabinetry, a navy island and pale stone in a bright family kitchen.

Open oak shelves stand either side of the hood, and black-framed windows wrap the corner of the room.

On the picture

  1. HoodCream, with an oak band
  2. BacksplashHerringbone tile
  3. IslandNavy, slatted oak ends
Plan a project like this: A kitchen made for gathering

Oak, navy cabinetry

A lower level to settle into

A basement lounge with built-in storage and daylight from generous windows.

Strip lighting runs above the shelves, and a desk is built into the same wall beside them.

On the picture

  1. Built-insOak shelves, navy cabinets
  2. DeskSet into the wall unit
  3. WindowsThree, facing the garden
Plan a project like this: A lower level to settle into

Cedar, glass

Cedar behind the glass

A glass-fronted cedar sauna beside a calm wellness space.

Cedar boards line the walls and the ceiling inside and carry on across the wall outside the glass, so the sauna reads as part of the room.

On the picture

  1. CladdingVertical cedar boards
  2. BenchesTwo levels, slatted
  3. HeaterFloor-standing, with stones
Plan a project like this: Cedar behind the glass

Oak, pale stone, navy

An open main floor

A kitchen, dining space and living room connected by warm oak flooring.

Tall windows and a glazed door run the length of the back wall, so the island, the table and the sofa share the same daylight.

On the picture

  1. IslandNavy, pale stone top
  2. Back wallGlazed door, tall windows
  3. FloorWide oak boards
Plan a project like this: An open main floor

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Room to imagine.
Details to build on.

Bathrooms, kitchens, basements and saunas. Explore layouts, materials and details for your own home.

Walk-in shower in cream stone tile
Cream shaker kitchen with a deep navy island
Basement recreation room with a wet bar
Outdoor cedar sauna cabin in the yard

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Illustrative scenes for planning your project.

Service area

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Across York Region.

Renovation and general contracting from our office in East Gwillimbury. The rings show roughly how long the drive is from there, outside rush hour.

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Bathroom renovations in Aurora:
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Good to know

Bathroom renovations in Aurora:
good to know.

Bathroom renovation permits in Aurora

In Aurora, whether a bathroom needs a building permit usually comes down to the plumbing. The Town’s list of work that needs no building permit includes repairing or replacing plumbing fixtures, and replacing bathroom cupboards when no plumbing work is involved. A new toilet on the old flange, a tub swapped for another in the same alcove, or a vanity set over the same drain all sit on the no-permit side of that line.

A plan that moves things sits on the other. A toilet shifted to another wall, a shower built where a linen closet was or a second sink drain changes the plumbing, and that goes to the Town before the floor is opened. We work out with you which side your plan is on and help with the application. Wiring for lights, a fan or a heated floor is a separate filing with the Electrical Safety Authority.

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Bathroom renovations in Aurora's older houses and 1980s ensuites

Two Aurora neighbourhoods show how far apart bathroom jobs here can be. Northeast Old Aurora, the residential area north of Wellington Street, grew from the 1860s to the 1930s, and a bathroom there sits inside framing, wiring and pipes that can be a century old or more. That is why the check behind the plaster comes before the layout is fixed: it decides where a heavy tub or a new drain can go.

Hills of St Andrew, around Bathurst Street and St. John Sideroad, was built in the 1980s, so its bathrooms are around 40 years old. There the price depends more on your choices than on what the walls hide: whether the corner tub becomes a walk-in shower, whether the toilet moves, how far the tile runs up the walls and whether the floor is heated. The least expensive version keeps every fixture on its drain.

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Behind the tile: the membrane, the fan vented outside and a heated floor

Most of what makes a shower last is never seen again once the tile is on. The old board comes off, the framing is checked for water damage, and the shower floor is rebuilt to slope toward the drain. A waterproof membrane then goes across that floor and up the walls, into the niche and around the valve, before a single tile is set.

An exhaust fan vented to the outside does the same job for the rest of the room, because steam that stays inside ends up in the paint, the grout and the framing. A heated floor, if you want one, is a mat under the tile on its own circuit. Both are wired while the walls are open, so they are decided before demolition.

From corner tub to walk-in shower: what the conversion takes

Swapping a tub for a walk-in shower is one of the more common bathroom changes, and the old tub drain usually sits close to where the shower drain needs to go. The tub comes out, the floor is rebuilt with a slope and waterproofed, and the walls are tiled to the height you choose. A low curb or a curbless entry depends on what the floor structure allows.

Think about the tub before it goes. If it is the only one in the house, small children or a future buyer may miss it, and some households keep a tub in the main bathroom and put the walk-in shower in the ensuite. Settle that before the layout is drawn, since it decides where the drain goes.

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Years in business
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Insured & licensed
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50 Google reviews
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